Lego, a ukulele and a typewriter - our best childhood Christmas gifts

Aisling Larkin, Kieran Cuddihy, and Martina O'Donoghue recall their Christmases past

Chef Aisling Larkin, Co Waterford: was enamoured with a Petite 900 typewriter. Picture Denis Minihane.

I can still remember it as if it were yesterday. Waking up to a snow-like silence. 

The crack of light from the lamp in the hall peeked in like a cheeky elf, inviting me to come out of my nice warm bed and find out what Santa had brought me.